rene fijten sketches

  Two sketches in restricted colours. I made these a few weeks ago, but didn't post them yet. It was just a rural scene, I had parked my...

 Lviv, the last of my sketches, an old steam locomotive, at the main station.

Lviv, a woman selling chickenlegs on the street. Old local farmers will arrive in towns like these with small busses, and try to sell their ...

Lviv, foodmarket. There was a large foodmarket just 5 minutes from our hotel. I went there in the early morning, at 6.45, before breakfast w...

Another one of my businesstrip to Lviv. The Cathedral in the centre of town. I made the linework on location, while my colleuges went to see...

  I just returned from a businesstrip. It seems like years ago that I went abroad on business. In this case the Ukraine, Lviv, on western pa...

Out drawing again. I noticed this rusty old Chevrolet pickup alongside of the road in a neighbouring village, Hulsberg. The proud owner was ...

Another quick sketch, during a day visit to Utrecht. As seen from a terrace on "Wed", a narrow street leading to the Dom.  

  We had a few nice days visiting some Dutch cities. Like Amsterdam, it has been nearly 2 years since I last went there. Corona days. Anyway...

  A set of thistles along the road. Calligraphy pen, reedpen, watercolour on Fabriano paper.

 Made a small tour by bike, just a few kilometers. This is the small village of Vaesrade. This is how it looked like. My house is more or le...

  The gate to the former Orangerie of the Castle of Amstenrade.

  Our castle Amstenrade, yesterday evening. Made with bamboo pen and watercolour on Fabriano paper.

I made this painting for my neighbours. It's their house (you can see the roof of ours in the back). My neighbour had his birthday, 65 y...

  Another clean sketch from our sketchday in Almere. Didn't feel the need to colour this one.

 Portrait of a man, picture found on the internet. Watersoluble oilpaint 40x50cm.

We were able to organize a national Urban Sketchday again! At last, after almost 1 1/2 year. The last one was in Arnhem, october 2019. Seems...

This was an experiment. I wanted to paint a portrait using the Charlie Hunter method or style. I did a few landscapes using that method: usi...

  Watermill. Made during an extended lunchbreak walk, when I was in our office in Eindhoven. Actually, this is the watermill that Vincent va...

 Out sketching again. A little castle in my town, maybe 6 kilometers away, Terborg. It's used as a wedding place, actually my daughter w...